Csák

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/tʃak/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Csák is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Típusa: Apanévi eredetű, magyar családnév.

rarermore common
  • HUHungary≈1 in 9.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • RORomania≈1 in 459K
  • SESweden≈1 in 1.4M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Hungary (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,000 people, est.

Sources
53 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 9.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Csak in HU Hungary, US United States, RO Romania and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Típusa: Apanévi eredetű, magyar családnév. Eredete: Az Árpád-korban nagyon gyakori és még az Anjou-korban is többször előforduló Csák személynevünk, illetve az abból alakult Csák nemzetségnév eredete vitatott. Lehet az ismeretlen jelentésű, nyugati szláv (lengyel, cseh) Čak személynév átvétele. Azonban az ótörökből is a magyarba kerülhetett több hasonló alakú személynév: Čaq ’csúnya, értéktelen’ vagy Čaqa ’kisgyerek, kisborjú, kisbárány’ jelentéssel. Bármelyikből lehetett apanévi családnév ’Csák nevű személy fia, leszármazotta’ jelentéssel. Elterjedtsége: Az Alföldön, különösen Szentes környékén, de a Dunántúl keleti felében is gyakori.

Sources 1

  • Családnevek enciklopédiája

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Csák counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Csák is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary#528≈1,000 est.≈1 in 9.7K—Csak53
US United States—≈64 est.≈1 in 5.2M—Csak50
RO Romania—≈46 est.≈1 in 459K—Csak6
CA Canada—≈16 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Csak8
GB United Kingdom—≈9 est.≈1 in 7.1M—Csak9
SE Sweden—≈7 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Csak4
NL Netherlands—≈5 est.≈1 in 3.7M—Csak3
PL Poland—21 in 19M2——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Csák is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Canada, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Csak, Csãk

  • Slovak surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia

    Also written Csak, Csãk

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Csak, Csãk

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Csak

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Csak, Csãk

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Uruguay

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Csak, Csãk

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Csak, Csãk

  • Russian surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Poland

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

    Also written Чак, Chuck, Tchak, Csak, Chak

7 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

12001400160018002000Peter I Csák, b. 1201Ugrin Csák, b. 1240Máté Csák III, b. 1260Imre Csáky, b. 1672Ibolya Csák, b. 1915István Csák, b. 1915Elemér Csák, b. 1944János Csák, b. 1962József Csák, b. 1966

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalTisztelt Csák!Dear Csák, (English)
InformalTisztelt Csák!Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Csák?
A machine transcription gives /tʃak/ (IPA) for Hungarian.
What does the name Csák mean?
Recorded meaning: Típusa: Apanévi eredetű, magyar családnév.
In which country does Csák have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Csák in Hungary, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled csak.
How common is the name Csák?
In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Csák in 2026, about 1 in 19 million residents.
How common is Csák compared with other names?
In Hungary, Csák is the 528th most common surname of 88,284 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Csák” — the 528th most common surname in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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